Date: Thursday 10th September
Anchorage: Scalasaig, Colonsay
Position: 56°04’.136N, 06°11’.034W
Distance: 49.0NM

Today was the second morning that we woke up to the skipper’s delectable porridge. Most of the hours surveying consisted of staring at water with only a few sightings. However, the weather & views were excellent and none of us has lost hope as the days are only getting better. Additionally, although we spotted only few porpoises, the hydrophone detected 28 groups, almost as good as the record for this season which is currently at 29 groups. We stopped in Colonsay for the evening, and decided to wander to the nearby pub - which turned out be quite interesting as our first encounter with civilization. After a pint and a memorable experience with a very drunk local, we were ecstatic to return back to the boat. We have begun to think of the boat as a home and refuge. Dinner was a venison casserole with rice. Tomorrow’s meal is of constant concern, as people are becoming more and more imaginative and creative - always forgetting that it was decided the day before. We bought an extra 5-kilo bag of mussels in order to have another dinner of mussels. The count for the number of proposed meals for tomorrow: 5. Today we encountered some new birds compared to yesterday: gannets, shags and fulmar. Interesting to note that fewer numbers of seabirds were spotted today.